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Richard Knollys\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London 1405–1485 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 OCT 1405

Birth Location: Mimms North, Heretfordshire, England

Death Date: 1485

Death Location: North Mymms, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Thomas Knollys

Mother: Isabell More

Spouse(s): Margaret Doyley

Children(s): Lady Knolles, Robert Knollys, Margaret Knolles, Lady Knollys, Catherine Knolles, John Knowles, Isabel Knollys, Robert Knollys

In 1405, Richard Knollys\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London entered the world in Mimms North, Heretfordshire, England, born to Thomas Knollys And Isabell More. Richard Knollys\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London married Margaret Doyley, and had children including Catherine Knolles, Isabel Knollys, John Knowles, Lady Margaret Doyley Knollys, Lady Margaret Knolles, Margaret Knolles, Robert Knollys. Richard Knollys\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London passed away in 1485 in North Mymms, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1405, Richard Knollys\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London entered the world in Mimms North, Heretfordshire, England, born to Thomas Knollys And Isabell More.
  • Richard Knollys\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London married Margaret Doyley, and had children including Catherine Knolles, Isabel Knollys, John Knowles, Lady Margaret Doyley Knollys, Lady Margaret Knolles, Margaret Knolles, Robert Knollys.
  • Richard Knollys\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London passed away in 1485 in North Mymms, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Knollys
1380–1536
Birth Location: North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England
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Isabell More
1380–1461
Birth Location: More Manor, North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Doyley
1415–1449
Birth Location: Hambledon, Buckinghamshire, England
MD

Children(s)

Lady Knolles
1432–1488
Birth Location: Griffe, Warwickshire, England
LK
Robert Knollys
1435–1458
Birth Location: North, Hertfordshire, England
RK
Margaret Knolles
1445–1488
Birth Location: Griffe, Warwick, England
MK
Lady Knollys
1429–1449
Birth Location: Hambledon, Buckinghamshire, England
LK
Catherine Knolles
1429–
Birth Location: Farneworth, Lancashire, England
CK
John Knowles
1442–
Birth Location: –
JK
Isabel Knollys
1430–
Birth Location: Kent, England
IK
Robert Knollys
1451–1451
Birth Location: North, Hertfordshire, England
RK

Richard London's Ancestors

Self
Richard London
1405–1485
Birth Place: Mimms North, Heretfordshire, England
Parents
Thomas Knollys
1380–1536
North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England
Isabell More
1380–1461
More Manor, North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas Knollys,) Knight
1350–1435
North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
Thomas More
1334–1407
North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
Jane Greenlees
1343–
Herefordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Skulthrope
1312–1407
Lady Beverly
1316–1356
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Knollys
1287–1311
Joan Beauchamp
1287–
Sir Beverly
1295–1336

Richard London's Descendants

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Richard (Knollys\ Kt., Lord Mayor of) London (5 OCT 1405–1485) m. Margaret Doyley (1415–9 Jun 1449)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Knolles 1432–1488 m. Lord (Henry Oston Belknap\) Knight 1428–1488
    1. 1. Elizabeth Belknap 1452–1517 m. William Bourne 1450– m. Philip Cooke 1452–1503
      1. 1. John (Bourne) II 1474–1565 m. Elizabeth 1478–
        1. 1. Sir (John Bourne) III 1500–1610 m. Lady Margaret 1504–1539
        2. 2. Philip Bourne 1507–1537
      2. 2. Sir (John) Cooke 1474–1515 m. Alice Saunders 1482–1517
        1. 1. Sir (Anthony) Cooke 1505–1576
    2. 2. Lady (Alice) Belknap 1460–1537 m. Sir (William of Clapham (De Concher)) Shelley 1467–1548
      1. 1. Anne Shelley 1481–1542 m. Sir (Richard) Shirley 1478–1540
        1. 1. Lady (Beatrice) Shirley 1512–1558 m. Sir (Edmund Edward) Bray 1504–1558
        2. 2. Cicely Shirley 1520–
        3. 3. Jane Shirley 1524–
        4. 4. Alice Shirley 1508–1558
        5. 5. John Shirley 1503–
        6. 6. Frances Shirley 1526–
        7. 7. Thomas Shirley 1502–1551
        8. 8. Edward Shirley 1505–1558
        9. 9. Richard Shirley 1500–
        10. 10. Elizabeth Shirley 1532–
        11. 11. William Shirley 1510–1551
        12. 12. Isabel Shirley 1528–1556
        13. 13. William Shirley 1510–1551
    3. 3. Edward Belknap 1472–1521
    4. 4. Griselde Belknap 1441–1498
  2. 2. Robert Knollys 1435–1458 m. Elizabeth Troutbeck 1452–1485
    1. 1. Sir (Robert) Knollys 1481–1521 m. Lady (Lettice) Peniston 1485–1558
      1. 1. Sir (Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton The) Elder 1514–1596 m. Lady (Catherine "The Illegitimate Tudor" Carey, Lady of the Queen’Privy) Chamber 1524–1568
        1. 1. Anne, (Baroness De La Warre) Knollys 1553–1608 m. Thomas 1555–1618
        2. 2. William Knollys 1545–1632
        3. 3. Lettice (Latisha Knollys Countess of Essex &) Leicester 1543–1634
        4. 4. Richard Knollys 1568–1596
        5. 5. Lady (Cecily) Knollys 1558–1632
        6. 6. Sir (Henry Francis Knollys) (Knowles), 1542–1582
        7. 7. Richard Knollys 1548–1596
        8. 8. Francis (the Young) Knollys 1550–1648
        9. 9. Katharine (Knollys Baroness Offalay (Boteler)) (Fitzgerald) 1559–1632
        10. 10. Robert Knollys 1547–1619
        11. 11. Sir (Richard Knollys) (Knowles) 1544–1610
        12. 12. Sir (Robert) Knollys 1545–1632
        13. 13. Ann Knollys 1539–1588
        14. 14. Sir (Edward) Knollys 1547–1582
        15. 15. Sir (Thomas Knollys) (Knowles), 1554–1596
        16. 16. Maud (Knollys) (Knowles) 1548–1551
        17. 17. Lady (Mary Knollys) (Knowles) 1541–1593
        18. 18. Lady (Elizabeth) Knollys 1545–1601
        19. 19. Dudley Knollys 1562–1562
        20. 20. Cecilia Knollys 1540–1600
        21. 21. Henry Knollys 1542–1596
        22. 22. Sir (Henry Francis) Knollys 1545–1610
  3. 3. Margaret Knolles 1445–1488
  4. 4. Lady (Margaret Doyley) Knollys 1429–1449
  5. 5. Catherine Knolles 1429–
  6. 6. John Knowles 1442–
  7. 7. Isabel Knollys 1430–
  8. 8. Robert Knollys 1451–1451

Richard London's Timeline

2 Records

1405
5 OCT 1405
Birth of Richard Knollys\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London in Mimms North, Heretfordshire, England
Mimms North, Heretfordshire, England
1485
1485
Age 80
Death of Richard Knollys\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London in North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 OCT 1405
    Event Place: Mimms North, Heretfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: North Mymms, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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